Open up and break into another world

After picking and choosing among many treasures, Xu Ming finally chose four top-grade Dao artifacts to refine. They were the "Golden Body Armor" for physical defense, the "Soul-Suppressing Pearl" for soul defense, the "Cloud-Stepping Boots" for speed, and the "Blood Hell Sea," a domain-type treasure.

Unfortunately, among the many Dao artifacts, there wasn't a single long spear!

However, for the time being, the True Dragon Spear was enough for Xu Ming; moreover, it was said that the True Dragon Spear had great potential for upgrades. Therefore, Xu Ming wasn't desperate to replace his spear.

By the time Xu Ming finished refining the four treasures, half a month had passed.

"Little Yellow, I'll have to trouble you to take care of this Beast King Totem!"

"Oh? A totem-type treasure?" Little Yellow was slightly surprised. "These are quite rare! Ming-ge, are you planning to cultivate an army of demon beasts?"

"Yes, yes!" Xu Ming nodded repeatedly.

Xu Ming didn't have much experience in cultivating a demon beast army; it was better to leave this to the experienced "Little Yellow"!

"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Little Yellow took the Beast King Totem and assured him, "I often helped my old master cultivate demon beast armies in the past; I'm very familiar with this kind of thing!"

"Thank you for your hard work," Xu Ming said gratefully.

Then he turned to the artifact spirits: "Everyone, go back and hide for now; I plan to take the Misty Rain Battleship out into the world!"

The long-docked Misty Rain Battleship was finally about to see the light of day again!

But before that—

"Little Yellow, can the Misty Rain Battleship be slightly disguised?"

"That's easy!" As soon as Little Yellow finished speaking, the entire Misty Rain Battleship rapidly shrunk, and its shape underwent earth-shattering changes.

After a stick of incense's time, the Misty Rain Battleship had shrunk to only a mile long, and the shape of the ship was completely different; even the surrounding mist had disappeared.

Of course, the most important thing was the aura—at this time, the Misty Rain Battleship exuded the aura of an ordinary Dao artifact!

"Let's set sail!"

Standing in the control room, Xu Ming spread out his mental power and fully controlled the Misty Rain Battleship.

Boom!

The Misty Rain Battleship shook, but failed to move.

"Hmm!? With my strength, it's indeed very difficult to control a semi-divine artifact!"

Thinking this, Xu Ming activated several times his usual power boost.

Boom!!

The Misty Rain Battleship shook again, and this time, the Misty Rain Battleship finally moved slightly.

"It can move?" Xu Ming's eyes lit up.

Going from stillness to starting was undoubtedly the most difficult part! Now that it had started, the rest would be much easier.

Xu Ming continuously used his mental power to control the Misty Rain Battleship to accelerate—although the acceleration was very slow.

"Little Yellow, which way should I go?" Xu Ming asked.

Little Yellow said: "Go towards the sky!"

Rumble…

The Misty Rain Battleship slowly rose from the ground, and then gradually, it became faster and faster…

At the end of the sky ahead, a huge vortex suddenly appeared.

"Ming-ge, head towards the vortex, and we can return to the Endless Continent!"

"Okay!"

The Misty Rain Battleship steadily and heavily drove directly into the space vortex.

"Manor Lord Chi, what brings you to my Wild Desolation Sect today?"

Gu Kongshan personally brewed the tea; sitting opposite him was Chi Wen, the Manor Lord of Lanting Manor.

"There are two things!" Chi Wen said with a smile.

"Manor Lord Chi, please speak!" Gu Kongshan said seriously.

Speaking of which, Chi Wen was indeed indebted to the Wild Desolation Sect.

The last time Ao Wanya attacked, if it hadn't been for Chi Wen's help, the entire Wild Desolation Sect would have been destroyed!

Although Chi Wen took action because of the "Lanting Order," the Lanting Order in the hands of the Wild Desolation Sect was, after all, left by ancestors a long, long time ago; even if Chi Wen didn't recognize this Lanting Order, Gu Kongshan would have no way to force him.

Moreover, although Chi Wen ultimately failed to protect Xu Ming, this was also understandable—Gu Kongshan couldn't possibly ask Chi Wen to risk the entire Lanting Manor to fight to the death with Wanya Pavilion for the sake of a single Xu Ming, right?

Therefore, in any case, Gu Kongshan acknowledged Chi Wen's kindness in helping last time.

"Haha, no need to be so serious, relax, relax!" Chi Wen laughed and said, "The first thing is to congratulate you! You've entered the Spirit Realm and brought the Wild Desolation Sect back into the ranks of Xuan-level forces; it's truly gratifying!"

Gu Kongshan waved his hand modestly and smiled: "I only entered the Spirit Realm at such an old age; I'm afraid my achievements in this life will be limited to this… It's difficult to go further!"

"Kongshan, you must not belittle yourself!" Chi Wen advised, "The path of martial arts is full of miracles! There are countless examples of people whose cultivation speed was average when they were young, but who cultivated faster as they got older! Kongshan, you have always been steady and solid, and your foundation is very solid; who knows, one day you might accumulate enough to make a breakthrough!"

"Kongshan is grateful for your teachings!"

"As for the second thing…" Chi Wen took a sip of tea and said, "I heard that your Wild Desolation Sect's genius disciple, Xu Ming, has openly returned?"

"Yes!"

"I'm really quite interested in him! Last time, I don't know what method he used, but he was able to sneak away while Yu Mo and the others were fighting Ao Wanya," Chi Wen said with a smile. "Now, he has returned openly; presumably, he has the confidence to confront Ao Wanya, right?"

Chi Wen paused and continued: "To be able to have the confidence to confront Ao Wanya in just a few months; I really can't imagine how he did it! I really want to meet him in person!"

"Then Manor Lord Chi, you've come at a slightly inconvenient time," Gu Kongshan sighed. "Xu Ming has recently slipped away again; even I can't contact him!"

"Haha, it's okay!" Chi Wen smiled and said, "Recently, Lanting Manor has been idle anyway, so I'll stay here with you for a while—what, are you not welcome?"

"Welcome! Of course, you're welcome!" Gu Kongshan laughed and said, "I usually can't even invite Manor Lord Chi even if I wanted to!"

…

Chi Wen and Gu Kongshan drank tea and chatted happily; but they didn't know that a terrifying figure was speeding towards the Wild Desolation Sect—it was Ao Wanya, who had broken through to the Dao Lord realm.

While flying at top speed, Ao Wanya still couldn't believe the words the Gold-Eating Rat had told him.

"The Wild Desolation Sect was actually one of the Thirty-Six Sacred Grounds a million years ago?"

Ao Wanya, of course, understood the concept of "Sacred Ground"! Even with his current strength, if he wanted to join a Sacred Ground, they wouldn't necessarily be willing to accept him! Even if they did, he would at most be an ordinary disciple!

And the Wild Desolation Sect was once a Sacred Ground!?

Ao Wanya felt a chill down his spine just thinking about it.

"The Gold-Eating Rat asked me to investigate the location of the Wild Desolation Sect's legacy treasure, I don't know if I can successfully complete this mission…"

Ao Wanya could completely imagine how miserable his fate would be if he couldn't complete the mission—there was no free lunch in the world; since Ao Wanya had broken through to the Dao Lord realm with the help of the Gold-Eating Rat, then he must have paid an extremely painful price.

"Also, I heard that Xu Ming has returned openly? He's really courting death! I'll take care of him together when the time comes!"

Soon, Ao Wanya arrived near the Wild Desolation Sect. His mental power spread out, and he could already directly cover the entire Wild Desolation Sect.

Everyone in the Wild Desolation Sect was under Ao Wanya's investigation: "Hmm? Chi Wen, that hypocritical bitch, is also here? However, I am now a Dao Lord, even if he is here, he can't stop me!"

I'm really tired today and don't have the energy, so it's just two chapters. Please don't wait any longer. I owe one chapter and will make it up soon.